Improvement in draft-equalizers



1.. M. ORPUT.

Draft-Equalizers.

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JAMES M. ORPUT, OF MALTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO HENRYSAFFORD, OF SOUTH GROVE, ILLINOIS.

EMPROVEMENT IN DRAFT-EQUALIZERS.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,546, datedJarumyilo, 1874; appliiatioi flltfd May 13, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES M. ORIUT, of Malta, in the county of De Kalband State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Thimble Skeins; and do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention is intended particularly as an improvement upon thedraftequalizer for which Letters Patent No.132,725 were granted to L.Kendlle, G. Gates, and myself, November 5, 1872; and it consists incasting an eye on the shoulder of the thimble-skein for the purpose ofhooking or otherwise attaching the draft or stay chain, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichforms a part of this specification, and which represents a perspectiveview of my thimble-skein.

A represents a thimble-skein, cast with a shoulder,B, at the inner end.011 this shoulder is cast an eye, 0, which should project on the frontside of the axle when the skein is put on.

To this eye the draft-chain described in the patent above referred to isto be hooked or otherwise secured, bringing the point of draft close tothe hub of the wheel, and obviating the necessity for any separatefastening.

Though this thimble-skein is specially designed for use with the devicesdescribed in the patent mentioned, it may be used wherever desired toattach an equalizing or stay chain.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The thimblcskein A, having an eye, G,cast on its shoulder B, as and forpurposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this12th day of April, 1873. l

J AMES M. ORPUT.

In presence of- J. R. WELLs, W. A. MGGLURE.

